Police: Woman claims agency won't rent to her, pulls gun on worker

Friday

A woman who thought she was getting turned down at a rental agency on John B. White Sr. Boulevard on Thursday pulled a gun on an employee there, according to a Spartanburg police incident report.

Hanna Salter, 65, of John Hart Road in Jonesville, was charged with unlawful carrying a pistol and pointing and presenting a firearm by the Spartanburg Police Department.

According to the incident report, police arrived at the rental agency Thursday morning in response to a disturbance with a weapon complaint and found Salter waiting inside.

During a conversation between Salter and the rental agency worker, Salter began to scream "you won't rent to me," according to the report.

The rental agency worker told police she then noticed Salter had a gun in her hand, pointed at her. The report indicates the owner of the business entered the room with her concealed carry weapon and defused the situation to the point where Salter put her gun down.